Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- India has invited Pakistan's Minister for National Heritage and Culture, Aurangzeb Khan Khichi, to a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) forum in New Delhi next month

This will open a rare diplomatic window amid strained ties between the neighbours.

India Today reported that all 10 SCO member states, including Pakistan, have been invited to the inaugural Civilisational Dialogue Forum, scheduled for Nov 20-22.

The invitation marks the first to a senior Pakistani minister since India launched Operation Sindoor in May 2025 following the Pahalgam terror attack.

If Khichi attends, it would be the first visit by a senior Pakistani minister to India since Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari travelled to Goa for an S...